: a guided missile that has a terrain-following radar system and that flies at moderate speed and low altitude
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Recent Examples on the WebIn late June, a Russian cruise missile slammed into a shopping mall in their hometown, killing at least 21 people. Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022 Vlad Sorokin, 21, a port worker from Odesa, clung to life in a hospital, his lungs and liver torn, ribs and hip broken by shrapnel from a cruise missile.New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Harpoon, originally deployed in the 1980s, is an anti-ship cruise missile. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2022 The missiles, like the current-generation Kh-101 cruise missile, will carry conventional or nuclear warheads. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2022 The cruise missile strikes a Russian submarine launched Thursday on the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia were the latest attacks to take civilian lives and fan international outrage since Russian President Vladimir Putin began the invasion on Feb. 24. Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 15 July 2022 Anna Zamazeeva, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Council, led me to her former office, a building with a gaping hole in its middle where a Russian cruise missile struck on March 29, killing dozens of her colleagues.New York Times, 22 June 2022 Ukraine's nuclear plant operator, Energoatom, said one cruise missile buzzed the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant, about 220 miles to the south, on its way to the capital — citing the dangers of such a near miss. Katie Wadington, USA TODAY, 5 June 2022 Late Wednesday, Odessa state regional administrator Maxim Marchenko said a Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship cruise missile had struck the Moskva, causing serious damage.Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022 See More